Fedi.Tips15h ago

If you follow someone whose own posts are good but they boost too much, you can hide just their boosts if you want:

1. Go to their profile page
2. Click the ⋯ icon
3. Click "Hide boosts"

(If you change your mind, go back to their profile and click "Show boosts" instead.)

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Show thread𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑛14h ago

@FediTips

You can go further if you use the web interface + #Tampermonkey #userscripts. You can catch literally any unwanted posts according to the criteria that you set yourself. Yes, this is not at the server level, but just filtering in your view, crooked, askew, but it works 😉

Show threadFedi.Tips14h ago

@johan

You can also use filters to hide unwanted posts with particular content: https://fedi.tips/filtering-your-timeline-to-hide-posts-on-mastodon/

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Show thread𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑛13h ago

@FediTips

Filters don't work on user IDs, only on post content. So I had to code my own local implementation...

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@johan Wouldn't mute or block do that? What's the benefit of using the method you described?

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Show thread𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑛3h ago

@fembot @FediTips

Speaking of account muting, it completely hides posts from your feed (unlike keyword mute, which allows you to leave a mention of the unwanted post). That's why I had to implement it, at least as an experiment. Another benefit is that it doesn't break comment threads on posts. But, again, this is just an experiment for now, to see if this feature is even useful.